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Published Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 | 10:28 a.m.
Updated Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 | 10:53 a.m.
WASHINGTON — Greetings, Early Liners. The capital is back to workday normalcy after a spirited weekend of Tea Party protesters, but the political landscape might be not quite the same.
We’ve officially entered the “You Lie” era of political discourse (lots of T-shirts saying so on Saturday). The rally on the National Mall topped a hot summer of protest over the direction the Obama administration is taking the country, especially on health care.
You can gather a snapshot of a crowd by the theater they bring to the streets. Many matching red-white-and-blue outfits. Hundreds of bright yellow, hand-held “Don’t Tread on Me” flags. Humor: A baseball hat that read “Tax Cap.”
Visitors in town this weekend were a sight to behold. Anti-big government crusaders zipped around on the Metro (no irony there). Snippets of conversation were left behind – about fears of government take over, the need to arm oneself with guns.
Yet throughout the weekend, the uncomfortable undercurrent of the racial divide could be felt, with the first African-American president in the White House.
The Tea Party’s signature logo of Obama, with his face painted white as the “Joker,” was spotted on at least one T-shirt. Also seen was a homemade sign reading, “Slaves to Government Debt” – with aluminum foil shackles dangling from the poster board.
The protesters are gone. But the tenor of the debate in Washington promises one chilly autumn.
Another busy week here on the Hill.
The Senate takes up the FY2010 Transportation spending bill, which has important items for Nevada. The House wrestles with whether it will vote on a resolution of disapproval against Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for his “You Lie!” outburst.
Republican Senate hopeful Danny Tarkanian is in town to talk with the National Republican Senatorial Committee about his chances to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Republican Rep. Dean Heller is on a PR blitz – trumpeting Obama’s interest in having a verification system so illegal immigrants cannot access health care (something Heller tried unsuccessfully to accomplish with a committee amendment) and sending a taxpayer funded mailer to argue against government-run health care.
A few interesting reads in the weekend papers.
Our piece in the Sun offers Q&A on health care reform.
What recession? The price of gold hit $1,000-plus an ounce last week, the RJ reports.
That’s all for now. Check back later for all the political news in Nevada.
Playing race card every other day is getting pretty lame and shows that the left has nothing of substance to talk about.
"You lie" is bad. He should have not said it. On the other hand, I don't remember the elite media whining about booing during Bush's State of the Union speeches.
As for "What recession? The price of gold hit $1,000-plus an ounce last week" statement, this cleary shows that you no clue about economics or the markets.
There are four reasons way gold is so high and will continue to go higher and it has nothing to do with us coming out of recession.
1) The dollar continues to drop in value because we are printing and printing more of it to fund government spending.
2) Economists, from left to right from USA to China, are predicting that high levels of inflation will occur in the USA because of USA's trillion dollar annual deficits as far as the eye can see.
3) Gold is a safe place to put one's money during inflationary times
4) Speculators are betting that more and more people will be attracted to gold because of the inflation scare and there is little downside and a whole lot of upside to buying gold.
That left shoe seems to be a rather snug fit.
Will you screeching liberals stop yelling RACE CARD every time someone disagrees with Obama? I hope Janeane Garafaloon slides under a gasoline truck and tastes her own blood!
dePORtes!
In the same speech, our Socialist ruler, aka President Obama, called Palin a liar. Dumb jerk has had it coming to him. The Liberals, to include our miserable Senator Harry Reid called President Bush a liar. The Democrats have clear double-standards. I have a new found respect for the SC congressman. I agree, shouldn't have said it but then again he was echoing what many of us feel in the nation. President Obama and the Democrat controlled congress is out-of-control and we don't trust them!
wow
"President Obama and the Democrat controlled congress is out-of-control and we don't trust them!"
Kind of reminds me of the Bush years... The whole war in Iraq mess and the insistence that Saddam was part of 9/11 and had WMD's.
Of course, if Obama and the Democrats are telling a lie, the truth will come out in time....That's what's great about our system...
Hmmmm....did Harry call Bush a liar? I remember Harry saying at one of the local high schools that George was "lame." Of course, we now know that Harry was correct on both counts....
I see that Joe Wilson, the right-winger's new hero, is the same Joe Wilson who fought against removing the Confederate flag from the Capital in South Carolina...Seems Joe thought that flying the Confederate flag above the Capital was a good thing.
It also seems to me that Representative Joe can't get past the fact that his president & my president is a black man....
Get over it Joe! That fact is not going away! Matter of fact, I expect we will see Obama win reelection in 2012.
That will cause Joe & many of the right-wingers to have a complete melt down....
Wilson should be jailed
lcdrmandingonamvet: I think you missed your last appointment at the VA Clinic...
But it is a lie. Illegals ARE covered under Obamas new health plan because in the future, like now, if they go to the ER to be treated for anything and dont have insurance, the government(we the people) will foot the bill just as we do now. So they are covered under this new plan.